PALM BEACH PSYCHO

TOM TURNER

Turner's latest procedural, once again in Palm Beach and its environs, lives up to reader expectations. It does that and is also vastly entertaining and cinematic, providing the reader with many hours of diversion. Our detectives, Charlie Crawford, ex-NY.P.D., and Mort Ott, his plain vanilla but outstanding partner, have been given a seemingly unsolvable assignment. Somebody is killing rich people in Palm Beach. That means there are thousands and thousands of potential victims, as Palm Beach is the Mecca for the numerous uber-wealthy. What makes Palm Beach Psycho distinctive? This time, Turner, the author, decides to bring to play two cops from the wrong side of the tracks, West Palm Beach, home of the not-so-nearly wealthy. However, Crawford and Ott get along famously with their counterparts and eventually find the suspect who has been murdering people based on their net worth.

Palm Beach Psycho is another hugely captivating novel from the assured hand of one of the field's most talented writers. Pick up any of the Palm Beach procedurals—there are many—and then immerse yourself in witty dialogue, casual romance, and police drama. Tom Turner is one of my favorite writers, and this reviewer assures you that after reading Palm Beach Psycho and more, you will also consider Turner one of your favorite writers.